monty wrote:
Brought my kid up the mountain and drove the hour with dan to the sat lap swim. Wasn't sure if I was feeling it, but since this was going to be the only time I get to actually swim in a pool with lane lines and a starting block, figured I better put up some numbers regardless.
Did a good 1k warm up set then did my 4x50s preceded by a 200p@4;00. Just enough to catch my breath and dissipate some lactate, although the 200's were all 2;37 to 2;39, so not that easy.
50 Fly(all SCY) 29.7
50 Back from blocks 39, then when it was all over had dan time me from a push in 36.55
50 Breast 37.5
50 Free. 28.03
When I did the first back from the blocks I quickly remembered 7 years earlier when I did that in a meet and did a horrendous back flop, no legs in the water to dolphin, and basically doing a water polo start. I got dan to time me from a push, as I then recalled that same mistake 7 years earlier. Amazing that I took off 2.5 seconds by doing that, go figure..
Pretty happy my fly broke 30 and was very surprised at the 28 flat for free, I was a bit gassed by then. No fuel left for a 100 IM, but looking at the times it should be sub 1;10 I would guess.
Not going to make it to the real pentathlon meet tomorrow, so it will be fun to extrapolate from these swims how I would have done. Figure 1/2 to maybe 1 second per 50 with a proper race suit and a lot more rest.
All swims in old work out jammers, from the blocks(except back of course) hand timed by Slowman himself. Male 62 (for real now too!)
OK OK...congrats on your awesome swim, but when is Slowman posting his times? can you go beat up on him to join in?